Are UK businesses too hyper-fixated on 'efficiency'?

0:00
and I think we have had a distortion in
0:02
the business world particularly in the
0:04
UK uh where the focus on what you might
0:07
call operational
0:09
efficiency which by the way in the short
0:11
term generally works fairly well you
0:14
know drag in some consultants on a gain
0:16
share agreement get rid of a few people
0:18
but a bit like Russian roulette it's a
0:20
game you can play once or twice but
0:22
you're not really advised to play it
0:23
repeatedly okay and I think we have this
0:26
problem which is there are a lot of
0:27
businesses out there which have become
0:29
so fixated ated on uh this sort of
0:31
efficiency model which I think comes
0:34
from the the shareholder value movement
0:36
i think the shareholder value movement
0:37
then disproportionately gives power to
0:40
the finance function and then you end up
0:42
with a kind of corporate sclerosis which
0:45
I think happens and so reminding people
0:47
that actually business should be
0:48
opportunistic is yeah you know is a
0:51
necessary job I

Are UK businesses too hyper-fixated on 'efficiency'?

cityam.com

Could things get any worse for Labour, or the UK economy? | Week in Business

How Starmer surrendered to Labour MPs over crunch welfare vote

How Starmer surrendered to Labour MPs over crunch welfare vote

Trump-Starmer trade deal: Why UK businesses are still worried

Why are more senior executives using LinkedIn to share announcements?

How does LinkedIn's algorithm prioritise content?

Why do London workers have high incomes but spend very little in the UK?

Why is The UK’s Economy Struggling | 12am News

Is Starmer’s welfare cuts U-turn the push Reeves needs for UK tax rises?

How does when and if your parents bought a house impact your wealth?

Is J. Cole overrated?

Alastair Stewart criticises 'inaccesible' NHS app amid reform

Up next in 10

Are UK businesses too hyper-fixated on 'efficiency'?

cityam.com